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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Caffey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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285 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dave Caffey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Randy Liddel!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caffey digs a good body shot into Liddel's ribs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Caffey looking to slow down the pace here.
Caffey blocks the elbow strike.
Liddel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Liddel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liddel leaning against his opponent.
Caffey avoids the elbow strike from Liddel, against the cage.
Liddel misses with an elbow strike.
Liddel has Caffey pressed against the cage, preventing Caffey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Liddel keeps control of Caffey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Liddel has Caffey pressed against the cage.
Liddel slows down the pace here.
Liddel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Liddel tries to throw a body punch but Caffey avoids it by throwing Liddel back against the cage.
Liddel misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Caffey blocks a body shot from Liddel.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liddel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Caffey's brow.
Caffey dodges an elbow strike from Liddel.
Liddel throws an elbow but it misses.
Caffey avoids the elbow strike from Liddel, against the cage.
Liddel misses with an elbow strike.
Liddel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Liddel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Liddel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Caffey's brow.
Caffey avoids the elbow strike from Liddel, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Caffey.
Caffey stalling in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Liddel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Liddel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Liddel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Liddel throws an elbow but it misses.
Caffey dodges an elbow strike from Liddel.
Nice body punch from Liddel - that landed with a thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liddel throws an elbow but misses.
Liddel lands an elbow just above Caffey 's eye.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Liddel as Caffey tries to tie him up.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Liddel lands a damaging elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Liddel throws an elbow but it misses.
Liddel lands an elbow just above Caffey 's eye.
Liddel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Liddel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Caffey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liddel.
Caffey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caffey misses the jab.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Liddel. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Caffey clobbers Liddel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dave Caffey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caffey looks to throw the jab but Liddel is out of range.
Caffey throws a hook to the side of Liddel's head but Liddel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Caffey throws a lazy uppercut
and Liddel counters with a thumping low kick.
Caffey sends Liddel crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Caffey is motioning to the referee to let Liddel up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Liddel is rocked!
It looks like Randy Liddel has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caffey throws a poor cross that misses
and Liddel counters with an outside leg kick.
Liddel is still on wobbly legs! Can Caffey finish him?
A telegraphed right hand from Caffey misses the target.
Liddel takes the fight into the clinch.
Liddel seems to have recovered his senses.
Liddel is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Randy Liddel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Liddel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Liddel has Caffey pushed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting on Liddel's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liddel.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Liddel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caffey can't find room to land a body shot as Liddel controls the action.
Liddel misses with an elbow strike.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike.
Liddel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Liddel misses with an elbow strike.
Liddel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Caffey up against the cage.
Liddel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike.
Caffey is looking to break free of the clinch but Liddel has double underhooks.
Caffey dodges an elbow strike from Liddel.
Liddel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Liddel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Liddel throws an elbow but it misses.
Liddel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liddel lands an elbow just above Caffey 's eye.
Caffey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Liddel up against the cage.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike from Liddel.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Liddel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters up against the cage, Liddel throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Randy Liddel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Randy Liddel's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Liddel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A telegraphed right hand from Caffey misses the target.
Liddel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Liddel pushes Caffey up against the cage in a clinch.
Liddel throws an elbow that misses.
Caffey is trying to maintain a safe position but Liddel gets an underhook and turns Caffey into the cage.
Liddel throws an elbow that misses.
Liddel leaning against his opponent.
Caffey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liddel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Liddel controlling the action here for a moment.
Caffey is trying to push Liddel away but Liddel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddel lands a damaging elbow.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike from Liddel.
Liddel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Liddel pushes off an throws an elbow but Caffey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Liddel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Caffey is trying to stall.
A bit of stalling here from Liddel.
Liddel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddel throws an elbow that misses.
Liddel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Liddel misses with an elbow over the top.
Come on Liddel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Caffey effectively controlling the action here.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike from Liddel.
Caffey blocks an elbow strike.
Liddel lands an elbow inside.
Caffey taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Liddel slowing the pace effectively.
Liddel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dave Caffey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liddel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Caffey is working Liddel over against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Liddel.
Liddel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Liddel receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Randy Liddel.
Oooooh!!! Caffey has knocked Liddel down with a huge combo! Caffey steps away and waves a wobbly Liddel back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Caffey finds Liddel's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Liddel flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Caffey lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Liddel will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dave Caffey!
Dave Caffey was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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